EnergyAustralia, operator of the Yallourn power station, has implemented 14 wide-ranging improvement measures in response to an unlicensed waste water discharge into the Morwell River on 19 February this year.

Heating costs make up 40 per cent of Australian residential energy bills during winter but it is possible to avoid the chill and keep the household budget in check, said Gavin Lewis, EnergyAustralia General Manager - Energy Services.

A project to retrieve and sell useable items from the now closed Wallerawang power station will begin later this month, with EnergyAustralia signing an agreement with Australian-owned EA Auctions to assist with asset disposal.

The latest major outage at EnergyAustralia's Yallourn Power Station will complete a five-year project to improve efficiency, allowing Yallourn to produce power for 25,000 extra homes from the same amount of coal.

Some consumers have recently received unsolicited phone calls from people claiming to work for EnergyAustralia. These callers typically demand money and threaten to disconnect power if some payment is not made.

The Federal Court has today approved a settlement between EnergyAustralia and the ACCC and AER after its third party sales contractor, Bright Choice (which traded as TeleChoice), breached sales compliance regulations.

EnergyAustralia has agreed to sell its remaining 25 per cent equity interest in the 111MW Waterloo Wind Farm, and the development rights to the Waterloo expansion project, to Palisade Investment Partners and Northleaf Capital Partners.